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March 29, 2021
UAMS Medical Student Accepted for Prestigious NIH Fellowship
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LITTLE ROCK — Mason Belue, a second-year medical student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is one of 50 students from across the country chosen to participate in a yearlong residential immersion program at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. It is only the second time in a decade…
March 10, 2021
Virtual Recruitment Shows Students Pathways, Possibilities in Health Care
![Kevin Phelan, Ph.D., demonstrates ultrasound scanning for high school students learning about health care careers during the virtual Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hprep-phelan2-150x150.png)
Over 50 high school students from across Arkansas spent a recent Saturday morning listening to UAMS students talk about preparing for careers in health care. “Since we knew that our audience was high school students who were willing to wake up early on a Saturday to attend a virtual program, we knew they probably had…
October 28, 2020
Student Leaders Recruit Colleagues to Sign Diversity Pledge
![Students from the colleges of Public Health and Health Professions sign the diversity pledge banner, while faculty and staff greet them and help disinfect pens and markers.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_2846-150x150.jpg)
Three students simultaneously crouched over a vinyl banner signing their names with Sharpie markers: a Black female, an Asian female and a white male. It was a moment encapsulating the pledge on the banner itself, a resolve to create a community in which “each person’s unique voice is heard and can contribute to the overall…
September 9, 2020
SUPER Project Introduces Undergrads to Community-Based Research, Health Disparities
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Nine undergraduate students attended the SUPER Project Summer Institute in community-based research and health disparities in early August to prepare for health careers where they hope to make a difference in underserved communities. This allows them to conduct research with the guidance of mentors at their home institution and at UAMS as part of SUPER…
September 4, 2020
COVID-19 Course for Medical Students Published for International Audience
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Imagine teaching a class while using a new technology and the details of the lesson keep changing right up until the last second – all while student and teacher alike are experiencing massive disruptions in their personal lives. The professors at UAMS tasked with teaching the online COVID-19 course for the year three and year…
August 13, 2020
White Coats Symbolize Hope as Med School Freshmen Start Journey
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The physician’s white coat still inspires hope, even when it’s seen over a screen or during a pandemic – maybe even especially so. Some symbols transcend all else. Charles Matthew Quick, M.D., the keynote speaker for the 2020 College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony held Aug. 7, kept bringing it back to hope as he…
July 30, 2020
Student Town Hall Addresses Diversity in UAMS College of Medicine
![Natasha Thompson, a medical student and president of the UAMS Dr. Edith Irby Jones chapter of the Student National Medical Association, speaks at White Coats for Black Lives on June 11. Thompson helped organize a student town hall on diversity for the College of Medicine on July 7.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/White-Coats-for-Black-Lives-06112020-DSC_8828-1024x684-1-150x150.jpg)
Administrators for UAMS and the College of Medicine met with minority medical students July 7 in a town hall to discuss steps the university can take to reinforce a diverse atmosphere within the college and throughout the institution.
July 27, 2020
UAMS-HBCUs Partner to Increase Minorities in Health Care, Address Health Disparities, Physician Shortages
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UAPB alumna Amanda Winston just took the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) this summer, taking a definitive step toward a career goal she has had in mind since she was a kid in Pine Bluff: becoming a doctor. “As far back as I can remember, I’ve had an interest in medicine,” said Winston, who just…
June 9, 2020
Project SEARCH Interns Redirect Efforts During Pandemic
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Every time there’s been a fly-over to show appreciation for the health care workers at UAMS, the interns of Project SEARCH have stepped outside and turned their eyes skyward in solidarity with their former coworkers. “We’re proud of them, for what all they’ve done, because we know it’s hard,” said Heather Keister, whose last internship…
May 22, 2020
Grad School Celebrates Graduates Joining Careers of Lifelong Learning
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College deans and faculty always go the extra mile to help their students, and this year for UAMS Graduate School Dean Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., that was literal. Usually “the extra mile” involves writing a last-minute recommendation or providing a glowing reference. This year, McGehee put in the miles by driving around Central Arkansas,…
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